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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
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The part of Andy's deposition that I found most interesting was that it may have presented at least some motive for McNamee wanting to smear Roger's name:
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A I just -- I remember that Mac was upset. I just
remember that Mac was upset and he was venting and he was --
you know, he was telling me that that, you know, that Roger,
you know, had done steroids.
Q Do you remember why McNamee was upset?
A Yeah. I believe -- I believe it was -- I believe --
McNamee was working with a company called Invite, who makes
a vitamin, which is a very good product. I still use it
today. It's a good multivitamin. But Mac had asked me and
Roger to do some sponsor promoting for it. And they were
trying to work out deals -- you know, we were trying to work
out a deal, compensation, stuff like that. Well, our
understanding from -- my understanding from Mac was the
company wasn't able to pay us a lot of money, you know, to,
you know, have us, you know, maybe in their little brochure
that they send out and stuff like that. And I just told Mac
that I said, I mean, I don't want any money. If they give
me the vitamin, I think it's a great vitamin. I hadn't been
sick since I had been on this vitamin. And just you know
I'd love to keep taking it. And just give me the vitamin.
I don't want any compensation for it. And I remember Mac
just being extremely mad and saying, you know, that Roger
wanted to get a lot of compensation for it as far as
money-wise. So that's really all I remember about the
conversation, that Mac was kind of venting, you know, just
venting about, you know, that. That's really all I remember
about the conversation.
Q Were you surprised to hear that Clemens -- that
McNamee was saying that Clemens had used steroids?
A Yeah. I mean, that surprised me. But I just kind
of -- to tell you the truth, I just like, just kind of blew
it off. You know Mac would -- Mac would tell me all kinds
of stuff just like anything as far as life. And I just kind
of was an ear for him to chew on. And I just listened to
him and just kind of, you know, acknowledged him and kind of
pacify him and just listened to him gripe.
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"I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses. That was the '60s, when nobody knew. The good thing is, we know now. There's a lot more research and understanding.
I'd like to say we were smart, but we didn't know what was going on. We were at the tail end of a generation that wasn't afraid to ingest anything. As research showed up, guys stopped."
-- Tom House
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